Dietmar Hamann: Why Klopp must stop protecting Sturridge and be honest with Liverpool fans

Dietmar Hamann has called on Liverpool to be honest about Daniel Sturridge

 

Hamann feels the club are protecting Sturridge but says the fans need to know what's going on.

Sturridge has struggled with a series of injuries over the past 18 months.

He hasn't played for Liverpool since December 6 as a second half substitute against Newcastle and his last 90 minutes came on October 4 against Everton.

 

His place in the summer's England squad is in jeopardy unless he can prove his fitness before the end of the season, and Hamann wants the club to make things clearer.

“The club has got a responsibility to tell the paying public what is wrong with him," Hamann told talkSPORT. 

 

"If he has got a hamstring injury, an ankle injury, or whatever he may have, the people who pay for a season ticket have got a right to know what is wrong with him.

“Judging by the way Jurgen Klopp answered his questions [ahead of the Manchester United game], I don't think there is too much wrong with the player. 

"If there is nothing wrong with him, it is more important to be honest and truthful with the paying public than to protect a player who has hardly played in the last 18 months, who seems to choose when he wants to play.

“He has got three years left on his contract and I don’t see any reason, if there is nothing wrong with the player, why the club should protect him.”